JOIN US! Upcoming Events and Engagement Opportunities
SOS and our coalition partners and allies are organizing events and activities across the region to educate and inspire, and engage and mobilize the public and policymakers to act, develop, and implement a comprehensive regional solution that protects and restores Snake River wild salmon and steelhead and invests in Northwest communities.
Please join us at these upcoming events - to speak up for the Snake River, its wild salmon and steelhead, Southern Resident orcas, and to support Northwest Tribes.
If you have questions or want to get more involved, please contact Abby Dalke at abby@wildsalmon.org. To take action now, visit our action alert page!
Upcoming Events & Engagement Opportunities
Spring & Fall 2025: RECIPROCITY Webinar Series
When: Spring and Fall 2025
Where: Online via Zoom
What: This year, Save Our wild Salmon Coalition is hosting a new webinar series: RECIPROCITY! It will focus on respecting and caring for salmon and their special relationship to the health of ecosystems, our lands and waters, and other species and people.
Sponsored by: Natural Encounters Conservation Fund
Watch All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca
What: All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca is a moving 7-minute film drawing from an Orca Action Month Indigenous-centered event hosted by Se’Si’Le, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization, in collaboration with Salish Sea and Northern Straits Native Nations and NGOs.
The film highlights Indigenous communities' ancient kinship with orcas and salmon, and the importance of reciprocity in our relationship with our caretaker: Mother Nature. A special focus is on the Southern Resident orcas whose survival, like the survival of Indigenous lifeways here in the Pacific Northwest, depends on scha’enexw (the Salmon People).
The Grand Salmon Film Screening
When: Find a film screening across the nation!
What: Following three women on a 78-day paddling expedition, The Grand Salmon explores the effects of four dams on the Lower Snake River and their impact throughout the watershed on rapidly dwindling wild salmon populations. For over 1,000 miles, these women navigate the same waterways wild salmon have for generations, connecting the source of the Salmon River to the Pacific Ocean. From high water to extreme temperatures, this team not only faces the same natural challenges the fish do each year, but brings viewers along to experience what the construction of these dams has done to our ecosystems and wildlife.
Find a film screening near you!
Past Events
March 26, 2025: For the Love of Orcas: An Evening of Art and Poetry
What: For the Love of Orcas: An Evening of Art and Poetry featured poetry, prose, and artwork. Leading up to this evening event, Gabriel kayaked over three days from Seattle to Olympia to deliver hundreds of postcards from Washington citizens and gift an original piece of his 46-piece collection of ‘orca artwork’ to the Governor.
Hosted by: Endangered Species Coalition, Save Our wild Salmon, Braided River, Washington Conservation Action, Sierra Club
March 6, 2025: Generations of Feminist Ecologies in Land Stewardship and Restoration
What: The Generations of Feminist Ecologies in Land Stewardship and Restoration event hosted two panels consisting of tribal leaders from the Salish Sea bioregion moderated by historian Alexandra Peck. The panels will bridge generational gaps and explore the traditional roles of indigenous women in land stewardship. Our speakers will also reflect on historical challenges, triumphs, and knowledge systems while fostering dialogue about current and future environmental and indigenous initiatives.
March 5, 2025: Salmon Solutions Speaker Series
What: Students for Climate Action WWU hosted their first installment of their speaker series with Tanya Riordan from Save Our wild Salmon! Tanya shared her insights into how we can advance sustainable solutions for our ecosystems, recover endangered keystone species, and honor Tribal cultures and Treaty Rights through recovering Pacific Salmon.
March 1, 2025: Sacred Salmon Town Hall
What: Inspired by the Washington State Catholic Bishop’s Call for Plan to Care for Creation and the Common Good in the Lower Snake River and “to develop and implement a holistic plan for the Lower Snake River region that seeks input from the Original Peoples of Washington state as principal dialogue partners,” the Sacred Salmon Town Hall, led by Jesuit students and Native peoples, will be an opportunity for faithful collective action to public officials, along with prayer, ritual and next steps to take the work home.
February 12, 2025: Lower Snake River Recreation Study Online Workshop
What: Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office’s online workshop hosted an informative evening discussing all things recreation along the lower section of the Snake River. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are studying current outdoor recreation activities along the lower Snake River, and what future recreational activities and facilities would be desired if the four Lower Snake River dams are breached and the reservoirs lowered. Visit snakeriverrecreation.com to learn more about the study.
February 11, 2025: SOS' Inland Northwest Shoal Introduction
What: A free lower Snake River will bring countless recreation and economic opportunities for communities in the Inland Northwest (INW). We can restore the lower Snake River within the salmon’s urgent timeline, but we must show strong support from INW communities. Get involved today by joining SOS’ new Salmon Advocate Shoal program! Questions? Email Abby S. at abbys@wildsalmon.org.
February 4 - 5, 2025: Lower Snake River Water Supply Replacement Study Open House
What: The Bureau of Reclamation and the Washington State Department of Ecology hosted two public open houses and seeking comments on the draft lower Snake River Water Supply Replacement Study. The draft study makes clear that with the right investments, water users can adapt to a restored river while ensuring salmon populations have a chance to recover from the brink of extinction. Learn more about the draft lower Snake River Water Supply Replacement Report here.
January 25, 2025: Coextinction Film Screening
What: Join WashPIRG, American Cetacean Society - Puget Sound Chapter, Orca Conservancy, Se’Si’Le, Save Our Wild Salmon, and partners for a screening of Coextinction! Coextinction is a Canadian documentary film that addresses the multitude of threats impacting the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales and Indigenous communities.
